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Poetic

Margate, September 2015 This Margate seaside shelter was the poetic inspiration for TS Eliot: in 1921, recuperating from a nervous breakdown, he sat here, writing Part III of The Waste Land. […]
Poetic

Attenborough showing his age

Nothing to do with Attenborough’s actual age – it’s his street art portrait in Margate that is showing its age. Street art in Margate, Kent, 2022 Click here to see […]

Oddly dressed

Margate, Kent, January 2022 This bronze statue is the work of sculptor Ann Carrington, remembering Sophie Booth, who ran a guest house in Margate. She lost two husbands and one […]
Oddly dressed

Oddly glowing

Margate, January 2022 – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 4 February 2022 Posted as part of Becky’s SquareOdds …

Seafront

Margate seafront, Kent, January 2022   Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 January 2022 Posted as part of Weekend B&W …
Seafront

Turner and Emin

Turner Contemporary (left) and Emin-decorated Droit House (right), Margate, Kent, January 2022 Below, we have Droit House the right way round and with the Emin neon lettering (I never stopped […]
Turner and Emin